It's been a tough stretch and I've not been writing as much as I wanted to. This week, I've been attending training, which has benefited my trainer role. Over the weekend, I've got another run of courses to conduct. Last week, I was fortunate to participate in the Seedly Personal Finance Festival.   I'd just like to pen my thoughts on personal finance because recently, we've seen a few high-profile retirements in Singapore.

• First is a Rice Media report on 31-year-old Ashish Kumar, a top scholar who quit Ministry work to run his debate coaching business.
• Next is gold medallist Joseph Schooling retiring from the competitive swimming arena.
• Finally, my favourite comedian actor, Henry Thia, talked about reducing the number of acting projects and entering retirement mode.

While I've yet to follow the recording of our Manpower Minister, it seems, from third-party mumblings I have yet to confirm, that Tan See Leng is also suggesting that people find...